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FeatureSpain could produce 4m cars a year with more efficient logistics
Spain’s car and truck makers’ association ANFAC is projecting that vehicle production in the country will hit 3m by 2017. At a recent presentation of its forecast and ‘3 Million Logistics’ initiative, attended by Spain’s minister for transport, Ana Pastor, the association said that with more efficient logistics in place, ...
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FeatureGriffiths replaces Barquin at Ceva’s Contract Logistics division in Iberia
Philip Griffiths has taken over as business development director in the Contract Logistics division in Iberia at Ceva Logistics. He takes over from Izaskun Barquin who has moved to become director, Global Business Development for the consumer, retail and healthcare sectors.Griffiths joins Ceva from logistics provider Kuehne + Nagel where ...
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FeatureNissan Australia outsources warehouse functions to Ceva
Nissan’s division in Australia has confirmed that it will outsource its parts warehousing and associated logistics functions to Ceva Logistics from August this year. The multi-year contract covers activity in New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland and Western Australia.In a statement the company said: “Nissan Australia is making this change after ...
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FeatureCarlisle moves to CEO role at Paragon Automotive
Paragon Automotive, which provides logistics services for new and used cars in the UK, has appointed Ian Carlisle as its new group CEO. He replaces Stephen Hucklesby who has moved to become chief operations officer (COO) for the group.Carlisle, who moves to Paragon from his role as non-executive chairman of ...
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FeatureAvtoVAZ to launch assembly of Lada cars in Egypt
AvtoVAZ is launching production of Lada-badged cars in Egypt this year with local assembler Al Amal. The Russian carmaker will deliver 1,500 semi-knockdown (SKD) kits to the country in 2015, though the plant has capacity for annual production of 9,000 on one shift.“This year AvtoVAZ expects to deliver to Egypt ...
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FeatureMagna will assemble vehicles for Jaguar Land Rover in Graz
Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) has signed a manufacturing agreement with contract manufacturer Magna Steyr that will see it assembling vehicles for JLR at its facility in Graz, Austria. The division of Magna International already produces the Mercedes-Benz G-Class and the Peugeot RCZ there. It also makes the Mini Countryman and ...
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FeatureHonda to export Civic Type R from UK to Japan
Honda’s new president and CEO, Takahiro Hachigo, has announced that volumes of the new Civic Type R – now being made at the company’s Swindon plant in the UK – will be shipped to Japan. The first deliveries to Japan will arrive in the third quarter of this year. It ...
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FeatureAutomotive logistics and the international production line
Globally, the automotive sector is thriving. According to market data provider, Statista, international automotive sales are expected to have grown by almost 10m units between 2012 and 2015. Consumer demand for cars is growing and the challenge for manufacturers is, quite simply, to increase production while maintaining quality.However, with an ...
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FeaturePKT Logistics to develop automotive hub in Jakarta with MTI
PKT Logistics, one of Malaysia’s main logistics providers, has signed a joint venture agreement with Multi-Terminal Indonesia (MTI) to create an automotive hub at the port of Tanjung Priok on the north coast of Jakarta.MTI is the logistics arm of PT Pelabuhan Indonesia (Pelindo), a collection of state corporations responsible ...
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FeatureDHL agreement builds on rail services between Europe and China
DHL Global Forwarding has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Kazakhstan’s national rail operator, Temir Zholy Express, for the provision of block train services on the land bridge connecting Europe and China.DHL said the MOU would enhance greater rail connectivity and trade between China, Kazakhstan, the Commonwealth of Independent ...
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FeatureRussia conference: Practical proposals for the long term
Discussions at this year’s Automotive Logistics Russia conference in Moscow moved across a range of subjects from the importance of survival and preparing for growth during a difficult economic slump to the importance of localisation and what needs to be done in terms of simplifying some of the more arcane ...
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FeatureScania appoints Castello vice president of logistics in Latin America
Fábio Castello has moved from his role as head of logistics at Scania’s Latin America division to take up a newly created role at the truck maker as vice president of logistics in the region.In his new position Castello adds responsibility for complete and semi-knockdown (CKD/SKD) kit operations to his ...
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FeatureVehicle makers benefit from rail link to Krishnapatnam
Carmakers in India with business in Bangalore (Bengaluru) are now benefiting from a new direct rail service between the city’s inland container depot and Krishnapatnam port on India’s east coast.The weekly service, which began in the middle of June this year, is being run in association with Concor, the Indian ...
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FeatureGM chooses Argentine port of Rosario as regional hub
General Motors’ division in Argentina is to use the port of Rosario for its logistics activities in the country. All logistics operations run by GM in South America will now be based at Terminal Puerto Rosario, which was chosen because of its geographical position both on the bi-oceanic rail corridor ...
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FeatureDaimler Trucks increases export markets with shipments to Cambodia
Following Daimler’s announcement last month that it will be increasing the number of regions to which it exports trucks from its division in India, the company has confirmed that shipments of its Fuso truck are now being sent to Cambodia.“The first vehicles have been retailed and delivered to customers,” confirmed ...
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FeatureRussia conference: Toyota improves quality in a time of crisis
Toyota is not alone in seeing its vehicle sales in Russia at a low ebb, but for Alexey Kokotkin (pictured), manager of vehicle logistics at Toyota Motor Russia, the time is ripe for making quality improvements in its outbound logistics processes.Sales have dropped from 2.49m units in 2014 to 1.5m ...
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FeatureLast mile: pearls of wisdom
Oliver S. Rutherford, who has helped implement long-distance, just-in-sequence 'pearl chains' for several OEMs, discusses the ways that they shine and where they're dullToday’s automotive supply chain is confronted with many challenges, but the two main operational ones for OEMs are a constant strive to lower manufacturing costs and at ...
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FeatureDavid Larson moves to MetroGistics from Jack Cooper Holdings
David Larson has moved from his role as vice-president of Europe and Asia at road hauler, Jack Cooper Holdings, to take up a new role as executive vice-president, business development/sales partner, at logistics provider, MetroGistics.In his new role, Larson will focus on growing the company’s business on multiple fronts and ...
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FeatureRussia conference: Crisis is a time for reinvention
The uncertainty plaguing the Russian automotive market is not going away anytime soon, and a full rebound to the confident performance last seen in 2012 is not likely until 2020 according to Sergey Litvinenko, director of Automotive Advisory Services at analyst firm PwC Automotive Practice.Opening discussions at last week’s Automotive ...
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FeatureMosolf obtains EU safety certificate
Mosolf Automotive Railway has obtained permission to manage the maintenance of its fleet of wagons by itself.The subsidiary of the Mosolf Group, responsible for rail business, has been granted the ECM safety certificate (entity in charge of maintenance), in line with EU Regulation 445/2011. The regulation stipulates that for each ...